Bird's eye view

We lean right, it leans left

Feet Forward to Florence

Confidence is a wonderful thing. With it you can be fast and smooth. Without it, you can be a twitchy beginner. My confidence on Voyager 05 took a hit last year when I dropped it on a misty downhill bend in Spain. It was spring before V05 was back on the road, so the memories had faded a bit, but I was still unsure why I had locked the front wheel so disastrously. True the Avon was old and the mist had made everything wet and cold, but it should never have happened. Hence my need to regain that confidence on this year's Euro-tour.
The Plan

No prizes for guessing where the Xingyue Vogue 150 is made. It's a sort of Honda Gyro Canopy on steroids! Photo: PNB

Only Four FFs on the stand this year, but a good variety. From L to R: Terry & Adiva 150, Monty & ComforTmax 500, Graham & Voyager 850, Blez & Quasar 850. PNB

Secrets of the Voyager boot: emergency petrol can be handy with such a small tank PNB pic

Appropriately enough, considering there's a stool in the back, Terry Harding's unusual backrest actually comes from an NHS commode! PNB

Terry Harding carries a stool in his Adiva 150's boot

1980 Quasar meets 2007 Vogue! Pic: PNB

Blez & Quasar in the scrute tent. Photo: Los Lobro

Monty's ComforTmax & Graham's Voyager in the scrute tent. Pic: PNB

Graham R and his Voyager V05 get scrutinised while Monty B looks on. Sadly, this is as close we got to the track, since the rain continued to pour down and the arena was turned into a lake! Photo: Paul Blez

Arthur Middleton's VF500 Interceptor based FF

Arthur Middleton's VF500 Interceptor based FF

On Sunday, a camper asked the organisers to provide tractors to pull the cars out of the camping area, two giant four wheel drive ones were located and this was the result....they got the cars out OK though!